Google+ Running in Cork, Ireland: Paul Pollock runs a 2:10 Marathon making him the 2nd fastest Irishman

Monday, December 02, 2019

Paul Pollock runs a 2:10 Marathon making him the 2nd fastest Irishman



Paul Pollock ran an incredible time of 2h 10m 25s in the Valencia Marathon on Sunday making him the second fastest Irishman ever. Only John Treacy has run faster with a PB of 2:09:15 back in 1988.

Top 10 Irish times...
1 2:09:15 NR John Treacy 3 Boston MA 18 Apr 1988
2 2:10:25 Paul Pollock 18 Valencia 01 Dec 2019
3 2:10:54 Mark Carroll 6 New York NY 3 Nov 2002
4 2:11:27 Andy Ronan 3 Boston MA 15 Apr 1991
5 2:11:30 John Woods 1 Wexford 24 Apr 1988
6 2:12:01 Stephen Scullion 2 Dublin 27 Oct 2019
7 2:12:19 Dick Hooper 2    Wexford 24 Apr 1988
8 2:12:20 Jerry Kiernan    9 Olympics Los Angeles CA 12 Aug 1984
9 2:12:21 Louis Kenny 1 Huntsville TX 13 Dec 1980
10 2:13:06 Danny McDaid 1 Limerick 11 Apr 1976

This was a huge improvement for Paul Pollock as he took more than five minutes off his previous best time for the distance of 2:15:30 in Japan in 2017.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

What about John Treacy's sub 2hr 10min time when he won his silver Olympic medal in LA?